Feedback: US politician claims she was abducted by aliens

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A CONGRESSIONAL candidate in Florida who claims to have been abducted by aliens says she doesn’t want to be defined by the experience. City councillor Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera claims that blond, Christ-like aliens took her aboard a UFO as a child, where she learned that Africa was the energy centre of the world, and a cave in Malta hid thousands of non-human skulls. Since then, she has remained telepathically in touch with aliens.

Florida is well-known for its weirdness, which may explain why the Miami Herald endorsed Rodriguez Aguilera ahead of eight other candidates. Although …